Venue: Karpaga Vinayagar Temple, Karpagam Gardens, Chennai

Date: 24 Mar 2007

Organizer: Karpaga Gardens Sat Sangh

Vocal: Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan

Violin: Sri S. Varadarajan

Mrudangam: Sri Neyveli B. Venkatesh

Ghatam: Sri N. Guruprasad

List of songs:

1) ninnE kOri (varnam) – kAnadA – Adi – tiruvOtriyUr tyAgayyA (O)

2) vAraNa mukhavA – hamsadwani – rUpakam – kOTIswara iyer (S)

3) enta rANi – harikAmbOji – Adi – thyAgarAja (NS)

4) arivAr yAr unnai – mukhAri – misra chApu – aruNAchala kavirAyar (A)

5) srI rAmam – nArAyaNagowLa – Adi – muthuswAmi dIkshitar

6) sAmaja vara gamanA – hindOLam – Adi – thyAgarAja (AS)

7) nI dayachE – yadukulakAmbOji – Adi – thyAgarAja

8 ) eduTa nilachitE – shankarAbharaNam – Adi – thyAgarAja (AST)

9) jAnAti rAmam (viruttam) – jOnpuri

    dasharata suta – jOnpuri – tisra Eka – vAnamAmalai jIyar

10) rAmanai bhajithAl – mAnD – Adi – pApanAsam sivan

11) kandugamada kariyai (viruttam) – rAgamAlikA (aTANA, mOhanam, hamsAnandi, sindhubhairavi, behAg, chenchuruTTi)

    angai koDumalar – chenchuruTTi & nAdanAmakriyA – misra jampa & kanDa tripuTa – aruNagirinAtar

12) nI nAma rUpa mulaku (mangaLam) – sowrAshTram – Adi – thyAgarAja

(Key: O=raga outline, A=raga alapana, N=neraval, S=kalpana swaram, T=taniavartanam)

Sri Sanjay, as usual, presented a beautiful concert. The mukhAri, hindOLam and shankarAbharaNam alapanais were too good. The shankarabharaNam alapana featured nottuswaram like patterns towards the end. Sri Sanjay seemed to almost sing the first two lines of “OsOsi” during the mukhAri alapana (or may be it seemed like that to my ears) and it gave a nice effect. Kalpana swarams were put at “munnavanE” in “vAraNa mukhavA“, at “vEda shirOmAtruja” in “sAmaja vara gamanaA” and at “tarAna dorakani” in “eduTa nilachitE“. Neraval and kalpana swarams were put in “enta rANi” at “shEshuDu shivuniki“. Sri S. Varadarajan was at his usual best.

Taniavartanam played by Sri Venkatesh and Sri Guruprasad comprised misra naDai followed by kuraippu in tisra naDai.